Sophie Hunger

Sophie Hunger (born Émilie Jeanne-Sophie Welti on 31 March 1983) is a Swiss singer-songwriter, film composer, multi-instrumentalist (guitar, blues harp, piano) and bandleader, currently living in Berlin.

[2] From 2002 to 2006, Hunger was a guest singer for the project Superterz and appears on the 2006 album Standards released by that group.

[6] On 6 July 2008, Hunger and her band gave a concert in the Miles Davis Hall at the Montreux Jazz Festival, as well as Yael Naim and Camille.

[8] In June 2010, Sophie Hunger and her band played the John Peel stage at Glastonbury Festival.

In 2011, her version of Noir Désir's "Le vent nous portera", which first appeared on 1983, was featured in the film Café de Flore, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

In 2012, Hunger released her fourth Album, The Danger Of Light, which has been described to be influenced by jazz,[9] or as changing between the genres folk, rock, pop and chansons.

This album, being produced by Dan Carey, makes heavy use of synthesizers and other electronic instruments, and was described as a "fresh new start".

Sophie Hunger 2015
Sophie Hunger performing with her band at TEDGlobal in the United Kingdom on 22 July 2009
Sophie Hunger performing with her band at Leverkusener Jazztage 2015 in Germany